F. Paul Wilson Quotes

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

When one has genuinely chosen a course for oneself it cannot be possible to hold another responsible for it.

We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance.

Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.

Freedom received though the efforts of others, however benevolent, cannot be retained when such effort is withdrawn.

Citizens who over-rely on their government to do everything not only become dependent on their government, they end up having to do whatever the government demands. In the meantime, their initiative and self-respect are destroyed.

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.

Grown men do not need leaders.

I think I'm mostly looking forward to the college life. I'm looking forward to more freedom. Here everything is really structured and scheduled, but in college you've got to be more responsible and you can get things done on your own time. I'm really looking forward to that.

South Carolinians are strong, independently-minded people. At the end of the day, they make their own decisions. And I respect them for that. And I welcome that. And I told him that from the very beginning.

My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.

Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.

What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.

Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.

Iraq assumes responsibility for its own future... They have got to step up.

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility.

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.

I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.